His parents wanted to make his fourth birthday special, because he's been sick every birthday of his young life.

The boy loves the Bumblebee character from “Transformers,” so they put out a plea on social media for yellow vehicles to come to northern Virginia on Sept. 11 to surprise him on his one-mile walk to school.

“We hope to see our street teeming with yellow cars on Whitaker’s birthday, and can’t wait to see his joy and surprise,” said a Facebook event page. “For us, the magic of the thousands of you who care has been an everlasting gift.”

When Wednesday came, the turnout didn’t disappoint.

Yellow vehicles of all shapes and sizes – from cars to firetrucks – began arriving before dawn in Alexandria.

"It's just very overwhelming to see all the support," Whitaker’s aunt Marah Smart said. "The kid has been through hell.”

Every birthday his entire life has been hard to celebrate while fighting stage 4 neuroblastoma.

After Whitaker beat back cancer this past year, his parents decided to throw their Bumblebee-obsessed son a 4th birthday party like no other.

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